Bill Adler, Danny DeVito, Deborah White

Bobby is an average, hot blooded teenage boy whose only interests are hot cars and hotter girls. His appetite for having the best of both only lands him in trouble. Finally, he must decide between his...( read more  read more... ) slick new van, the girl of his dreams, or his best friend.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Sam Grossman

Release Date: January 1, 1977

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DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005

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  • July 23, 2009
    This movie is all about "cool vans" and "hip people", made during the actual van craze of the 70's. Viewed today, it's got a lot of dated charm and a social paradigm that begs the question, "what were they thinking?". Hilarious fun to watch now, but intended to be quite a seriou...( read more)s film at the time. Don't miss it if you like to see films which caricature the time of their own making.
  • May 22, 2008
    oh man .... the 70s... danny devito..... and a van
  • May 18, 2008
    Wow i gotta get me a pimped out van like the Straight Arrow then i too will have all the groovy ladies lining up to check out my sweet ride, starting with the shag carpet covered waterbed in back. This movie is a true hallmark of what the 70s were all about and if u don't like it...( read more) u can sit on it and spin.
  • April 18, 2008
    This movie is as corny as a church picnic crapper on the 4th of July but it has a certain charm to it. The real star of the movie are the rival customized vans that I love. Its also nice to be taken back to a time when 8 tracks, pinball machines, and pizza parlors ruled and gas w...( read more)as like a ridiculous 60 cents a gallon. These vans were not as cool as Vanessa's van from "Corvette Summer" and Eaglebauer's van from "Rock & Roll High School" but a nice forgotten film thats finally available on Dvd. Dont expect a digitally remastered masterpiece with bonus features. It sounds like the movie was taped with a boom box and looks like the cameraman pissed on the film when he was done with it but who cares? Ok little movie.
  • July 19, 2007
    I saw this on late-night TV a long time ago. It made me laugh. A good B-Movie, which isn't saying much.
  • February 27, 2007
    any roddy doyle book is worth a read, so any of the films are well wortha watch

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